Against the Grain (À Rebours) - Joris-Karl Huysmans
| Автор: | Joris-Karl Huysmans |
| Издательство: | Ingram |
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| Жанр произведения: | Контркультура |
| Год издания: | 0 |
| isbn: | 9781596743427 |
Described as «A Novel Without a Plot» J. K. Huysman's «Against the Grain (À Rebours)» is a relatively simple story. It concerns the seclusion of one Des Esseintes, the last member of a once powerful and noble family. Having lived an extremely decadent life, Des Esseintes finds himself disgusted with human society and retreats to a house in the countryside where he is intent upon spending the rest of his days in intellectual and aesthetic contemplation. Because of its decadent content «Against the Grain» created quite a stir when it was first published and in breaking from the Naturalist school of literature Huysman's work established itself as a major piece of the Symbolist aesthetic.